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He's not blameless but this is misplaced. Agree - wasting time on Sarr, Kennedy, Bats especially over Vale, Gilmour was pointless. But some perspective on the recruitment. Tuchel is not a recruiter and he was pushed into the role because of the circumstances - sale at the end of the season and no time to get a director in place. If we go fishing for quality players - Hakimi last season, Sterling, Raphinha, K2 De Ligt - we have to accept Chelsea is not the big draw it once was for most players. Among Tuchel's targets, only Kimpembe (he has coached him before) and Ake (didn't bid aggressively anyway) were the ones that were questionable. Dembele we were interested in but he signed for Barca even with a wage drop (would have been another pointless chase) and Kounde, I am not convinced is a huge mistake on Tuchel's part.

His technique reminds of Havertz

Swap must be Gvardiol?

DP

Think there are better options than Pavard for the RCB role. He has to be the last option in the list if we are targeting Gvardiol, Fofana, Skriniar

Even the outgoings don't actually go. So many pre season minutes wasted on people who are on their way out

Also Broja likely staying and eventually fighting for a spot here. Improves options in attack

Joakim Maehle links. He played LWB primarily last year

We are on Plan J at the moment

Agree. Not getting my hopes up but if there is a possibility, I would pay Kounde money for him

This Athletic article from last week says that to sign players, Leicester need to sell first. The club committed £100million in funding for their new training ground at Seagrave, while also pushing through ambitious plans to redevelop King Power Stadium and the surrounding area. Castagne, Tielemans, Schmeichel, Dennis Praet were the ones they were hoping to sell but they have not got offers.

No, Chilwell still had 4 years to run on his contract. Leicester accepted a 50m offer after finding out City aren't bidding.

Maybe they will have the nice life of only playing Champions League games

The plan like last year when Tuchel wanted Hakimi was to make Reece the RCB and go with a new wing back

Yeah. No chance anyone buys Timo. There is no guarantee he will have any value in a few years - Leipzig will only loan. Will need to fork out the cash for Gvardiol swap

let's collectively pretend the club did not sign Lukaku for 100m and Saul on loan last year 😇

I'd contribute to Frenkie's legal fees

The worry is not even the defence. Yet most of the summer has gone in replacing two centrebacks

This is hurting Chelsea more than helping 😅

Raphinha, De Ligt, Kounde - we are onto the 4th already.

This is the important question. There is no one who stands out.

Have to go back to Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne for a genuine early-mover signing. We have developed a lot of academy talent and signed up established, semi-established players (hits and misses) since then but moving for Courtois, KdB was when our scouting worked like it should.

Who's available? Club have decided no more punts on the Pulisic-Werner range. They targeted a safe bet like Raphinha and a player who's already reached a top level- like Sterling signing. With Gnabry renewing, there's not a lot of options now